Distribution of savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana africana Blumenbach 1797) within Nazinga game ranch, Southern Burkina Faso

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 141-149

  Hema, Emmanuel M ^a   Barnes, Richard F W ^b   Guenda, Wendengoudi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Dung; Elephants; Nazinga; Occupancy; Villages; Water

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; BROWSING; DISTURBANCE; ELEPHANT; GRAZING PRESSURE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LINE TRANSECT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POACHING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROTECTED AREA; RANCHING; SAVANNA; SEASONALITY; TOURIST DESTINATION; VILLAGE; WATER RESOURCE;

BURKINA FASO;

ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 79955530140     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2010.01239.x     Document Type: Article

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